Jeroen Masson

Jeroen Masson (born 2 January 1981) is a Belgian former professional tennis player.^[1][2][3][4]

Jeroen Masson

Country (sports)	Belgium
Born	(1981-01-02) 2 January 1981 (age 43) Ghent, Belgium
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$113,066
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 215 (10 Oct 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	Q2 (2005)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2005)
US Open	Q1 (2005)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 265 (17 Apr 2006)

Although born in Belgium, Masson was raised in South Africa and comes from a family of bakers.^[1] In order to embark on a career in professional tennis he returned to his birth country at the age of 18 and became a Belgian national.^[1] He reached a best singles world ranking of 215, had a win over Novak Djokovic (in 2004), won 13 ITF Futures titles and was runner-up at the 2005 Belgrade Challenger.^[5] In 2009 he announced his retirement from the tour.^[4]

ATP Challenger/ITF Futures finals

Singles: 25 (13–12)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (13–11)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2001	France F5, Bressuire	Futures	Hard	Jérôme Haehnel	7–6(8), 1–6, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Oct 2001	France F19, Sarreguemines	Futures	Carper	Régis Lavergne	7–6(6), 4–6, 1–6
Loss	1–2	Apr 2002	Greece F1, Syros	Futures	Hard	Marco Chiudinelli	7–6(5), 2–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Jun 2002	Portugal F1, Lisbon	Futures	Clay	Bernardo Mota	6–4, 6–1
Win	3–2	Jul 2002	Turkey F1, Istanbul	Futures	Hard	Bernard Parun	6–4, 6–2
Loss	3–3	Jul 2002	Turkey F2, Istanbul	Futures	Hard	Ivaylo Traykov	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–3	Aug 2002	Turkey F3, Istanbul	Futures	Hard	Teodor-Dacian Crăciun	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win	5–3	Sep 2002	France F16, Mulhouse	Futures	Hard	Lionel Roux	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	5–4	Feb 2004	Croatia F1, Zagreb	Futures	Hard	Pavel Šnobel	1–6, 1–6
Win	6–4	Mar 2004	Portugal F2, Albufeira	Futures	Hard	Ivo Minář	6–2, 6–3
Win	7–4	Mar 2004	Portugal F3, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Gilles Simon	6–4, 6–4
Loss	7–5	Mar 2004	Greece F1, Athens	Futures	Hard	Andrew Banks	2–6, 7–6(7), 4–6
Win	8–5	Apr 2004	Germany F4, Riemerling	Futures	Clay	Jan Mertl	7–5, 6–3
Loss	8–6	May 2004	Italy F7, Pavia	Futures	Clay	Andres Dellatorre	5–7, 3–6
Loss	8–7	Aug 2004	Netherlands F3, Enschede	Futures	Clay	Ivo Klec	3–6, 1–6
Win	9–7	Nov 2004	Belgium F2, Sint-Katelijne-Waver	Futures	Hard	Richard Bloomfield	6–1, 6–1
Loss	0–1	Feb 2005	Belgrade Challenger, Serbia	Challenger	Carpet	Dick Norman	2–6, 3–6
Loss	9–8	Nov 2006	Spain F37, Las Palmas	Futures	Hard	Andrey Golubev	4–6, 3–6
Win	10–8	Jan 2007	Germany F3, Kaarst	Futures	Carpet	Ralph Grambow	6–2, 6–4
Win	11–8	Jan 2008	Germany F3, Kaarst	Futures	Carpet	Ruben Bemelmans	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	11–9	Feb 2008	Germany F5, Schwieberdingen	Futures	Carpet	Simon Greul	4–6, 4–6
Win	12–9	Mar 2008	Morocco F1, Oujda	Futures	Clay	Lamine Ouahab	6–2, 3–0 ret.
Win	13–9	Mar 2008	Turkey F2, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Gabriel Moraru	6–0, 7–6(2)
Loss	13–10	Jun 2008	Germany F6, Ingolstadt	Futures	Clay	Érik Chvojka	1–6, 7–5, 1–6
Loss	13–11	Aug 2008	Belgium F3, Brussels	Futures	Clay	Martin Killemose	5–7, 6–7(5)

References

1. Mondaillu, Laurent (5 April 2004). "Jeroen Masson se trouve au pied du mur". La Libre.be (in French).
2. Monbaillu, Laurent (8 November 2004). "L'incroyable progression de Jeroen Masson". La Libre.be (in French).
3. "Masson wil naar de top honderd". BN DeStem (in Dutch). 28 June 2008.
4. "Ook Jeroen Masson stapt uit internationaal tenniscircuit". De Morgen (in Dutch). 26 January 2009.
5. "TENNIS Norman bat Masson à Belgrade". La Dernière Heure (in French). 13 February 2005.

External links

• Jeroen Masson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jeroen Masson at the International Tennis Federation